The eighth issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines the changing status of the United States as its dominance in the Asia-Pacific faces challenge from China and its “America First” foreign policy marks a shift away from global engagement.

A new biography by Paddy Manning will be published in 2022. 

Discover more about our new releases and how you can win a copy.

In this extract, the inimitable Vivian Gornick describes the feeling of returning to a much-loved book after many years.

Don’t miss these Black Inc. authors at AWW20.

Discover interesting facts about some of Australia’s most loved native animals.

In ‘Germ Welfare’, an extract from The Medicine, Karen Hitchcock examines the ‘civic duty’ of wearing face masks when sick in public.

Beloved Melbourne artist, Oslo Davis, created these artworks in response to Sean O’Beirne’s bitingly funny short-story collection A Couple of Things Before the End.

We spoke to Sandy Cull, cover designer for Act of Grace by Anna Krien, about the design process.

21–23 February